BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.- The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team fell to Gardner-Webb, 3-1, in a pitcher's duel on Tuesday evening.
Daniel Cerda hit his third home run of the season in the top of the ninth for UNCG's only run of the game. Cerda went 2-for-3 on the day, hitting the Spartans' only hits of the day.
How it happened
It was a pitcher's duel with both teams going scoreless for the first three innings.
Gardner-Webb scored first putting two runs on the scoreboard off a RBI double from Nate Anderson and a sacrifice fly to the center field from Pete Capobianco.
The fifth and sixth innings went scoreless as
Price King pitched three innings allowing zero runs and only two hits.
The Runnin' Bulldogs added one more run in the bottom of the seventh when Capobianco scored off a throwing error for a 3-0 advantage.
Records
UNCG: 16-17
Gardner-Webb: 21-10
On deck
UNCG hosts The Citadel for a three-game Southern Conference (SoCon) series, starting on Friday, April 14
th with a first pitch slated for 6:00 p.m. The first 50 students in attendance will receive free pizza courtesy of UNCG Activities and Campus Events.